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Craig Skerritt is a lecturer in education at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester.
There is a growing consensus that existing arrangements for policy making in education are far from optimal. Based on a recent article published in British Educational Research Journal, this...
This blog post is based on a recent article published in the British Educational Research Journal entitled ‘Towards a mechanism for expert policy advice in education’ (Skerritt, 2023). The...
Continue reading blog postThe provision of and access to school places in England is structured through segregation, and yet influential research takes place without due recognition of how selection and choice operate. For...
The provision of and access to school places in England is structured through segregation, and yet influential research takes place without due recognition of how selection and choice operate. For...
In an increasingly fragmented and competitive education system, recruiting the ‘best’ school leaders is based on fabricated notions of leadership. A recent job advert earned derision for being...
Continue reading blog postJoin the Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2023 This...
For various historical, political and epistemological reasons (which are well-documented in a range of sources), ‘evidence-based policy’ is not a neutral descriptor but instead seems to have...
